[pocat]

The mall shooters might be foreign terrorists. But whoever they are, the anti-gun establishment, which has been awaiting exactly such acts of slaughter, will crank into renewed action.

This is the only part of this scenario I don't agree with. Let me correct it with my "paranoid" theory:

The mall shooters might be foreign terrorists. But whoever they are, the anti-gun establishment, which has been PLANNING exactly such acts of slaughter, will crank into renewed action.

[Travis McGee]

I don't think there is conscious planning on this level.

For my novel I invent an evil BATF official who sees a way to exploit the underlying currents for his own benefit.